PORT SUDAN, Sudan, Dec 16, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Sudan's de facto leader, General 
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, is ready to work with US President Donald Trump to 
resolve the conflict splitting his country, the foreign ministry said 
Tuesday.

The ministry released a statement after the army chief visited Riyadh as a 
guest of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who recently 
presented Trump with a proposed Sudan peace plan during a Washington visit.

According to Sudan's statement, Burhan hailed Trump's "determination to 
engage in efforts to achieve peace and end the war in the country, with the 
participation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

"He affirmed Sudan's keenness to work with President Trump, his secretary of 
state, and his envoy for peace in Sudan to achieve this unquestionably noble 
goal," it said, referring to Marco Rubio and US envoy Massad Boulos.

International peace efforts led by mediators from the United States, Egypt, 
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been at a standstill since 
Burhan rejected Boulos's last suggested framework.

The general accused the mediators of taking sides and notably to have adopted 
talking points from the UAE, who is accused of arming and supporting his foes 
in the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The UAE regularly denies sending weapons, fuel and men to the RSF, despite 
evidence from independent investigations and international reports.

The RSF says it supports the international ceasefire plan, but heavy fighting 
continues, notably in the southern region of Kordofan.

For the moment, no new date has been announced for talks, neither under the 
US-led mediators nor a parallel United Nations' led effort.

Since April 2023, Sudan has been gripped by a war pitting the army, which 
controls the north and east of the country, against the RSF, dominant in the 
west and certain areas of the south.

The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people, uprooted millions and 
triggered what the UN calls "the world's worst humanitarian crisis".